The National Association of School Resource Officers

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The world’s leader in school-based policing

NASRO Mission

The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) is dedicated to providing the highest quality of training to school-based law enforcement officers to promote safer schools and safer children. NASRO is an organization for school-based law enforcement officers, school administrators, and school security/safety professionals working as partners to protect students, faculty and staff, and their school community.

Why join NASRO?

School resource officers, law enforcement officers, school administrators, school board members, school safety professionals and others interested in protecting schools enjoy many benefits, including those listed below. Join or renew now!

Up to a $50 discount on registrations for our annual National School Safety Conference and for all of our other courses, including the Basic and Advanced.

In addition, membership dues help NASRO continue its global advocacy of school policing and best practices. Join or renew now!

Scholarship for Attending the New Basic Course

NASRO’s Basic SRO course has undergone a massive re-write in the last two years, and the new course is packed with updated, valuable information, including: The Teen Brain, Social Media, Human Trafficking, Violence and Victimization, and Developing Successful Relationships with Diverse Students. If it has been more than three years since you attended the NASRO Basic SRO course, we strongly urge you to consider returning to take the new course. NASRO is offering a $100 discount to anyone who has taken the NASRO Basic SRO Course previously. Basic Course Scholarship Application

NASRO Newsline

April 15, 2019 — HOOVER, Ala. — A keynote address by one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime will open the 2019 National Association of School Resource Officers’ (NASRO) national school safety conference in Pigeon Forge,

“Despite the existence of multiple training opportunities, there’s a catch: NASRO’s training, along with that of several other organizations, is often optional — though (NASRO executive director) Canady said ‘it shouldn’t be.’”

That’s an excerpt from a story by Education Dive: K12 that looks at the importance of specialized training for school resource officers,

Feb. 27, 2019 – Hoover, Ala. – The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) released a statement today applauding a decision by the Baltimore City Public Schools Board of School Commissioners to support proposed state legislation that would allow members of school police departments in Maryland to carry their service weapons at all times on school campuses.

“I don’t know that anything has really changed about the role that an SRO plays from our perspective,” NASRO executive director Mo Canady told WVTM TV when asked how things might have changed since the Feb. 14, 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,

“One of the things the public doesn’t see is how many SROs stop these kinds of situations (school shootings) before a round is ever fired. Through building relationships with students, SROs gain valuable intelligence and are able to investigate and stop these things before they ever become an issue.”

That’s just a part of what NASRO executive director Mo Canady​ shared with PoliceOne.com​ for a comprehensive article on the value,